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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Ashland, OH · February 18, 2018

Date
February 18, 2018 · 10:15 local
Place
Ashland, OH
Airport
Ashland County
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6147D
Reported as
Piper PA-22-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total30 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft during landing touchdown bounced slightly then touched down on all three wheels. The aircraft started to yaw to the left at which point the pilot attempted to correct by adding right rudder. The aircraft appeared to continue the left yaw when the pilot applied full right rudder. At that point the aircraft then swerved sharply to the right continuing the yaw until the aircraft was sliding backwards off the runway surface. At some point during the right swerve/ yaw the left wing tip and left elevator contacted the ground/ runway causing substantial damage to both surfaces. The tail/ rudder also appeared to be damaged.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING TOUCHDOWN BOUNCED SLIGHTLY THEN TOUCHED DOWN ON ALL THREE WHEELS. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO YAW TO THE LEFT AT WHICH POINT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY ADDING RIGHT RUDDER. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO CONTINUE THE LEFT YAW WHEN THE PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER. AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT THEN SWERVED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT CONTINUING THE YAW UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLIDING BACKWARDS OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. AT SOME POINT DURING THE RIGHT SWERVE/ YAW THE LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT ELEVATOR CONTACTED THE GROUND/ RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH SURFACES. THE TAIL/ RUDDER ALSO APPEARED TO BE DAMAGED.

Other reports on N6147D · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.